New parent orientation part III will take place on Tuesday April 5 at 7:30 PM. Please come to learn how to use Troop Track and the Troop 21 website.

Swim test make up will take place Monday April 4th at 7PM at Meyers Pool. If you missed the March swim test or need to re-take the swim test please meet at the pool on Monday. Cost $3.50 per person.

Our Spring Court of Honor will take place on Tuesday April 12th. There will be a potluck at 6 PM. Potluck assignments are below:
Narwals and Grey Wolves: Main Dish
Pouncing Pandas and New Scouts : Side Dish
Roman Guardians: Dessert

The new requirements focus more on teaching Scouts correct stroke mechanics while continuing to emphasize basic water skills. Previous requirements like snorkeling, competitive swimming and CPR (which Scouts learn more fully in other merit badges anyway) have been removed.

With the new requirements, the goal is to teach Scouts to swim with greater ease and efficiency, as well as keep them safe in and around the water.

Why is YPT (article link) so important? Because a safe environment is best achieved when everyone is trained and fully aware, whether explicitly required or not. Troop 21 and BSA take this seriously and so should you.

Training can be done quickly online; go to myscouting.org and log-in or create an account. Upon completion, give a copy of your YPT certificate to the Troop 21 Training Coordinator: Marla Gordon.

Beginning January 1st, Cooking became an Eagle required merit badge and the requirements were updated/changed. Importantly, the merit badge does not have to be re-earned for Eagle and if started under the old requirements, can be completed using either old or new.

Sustainability became an Eagle required merit badge in tandem with Environmental Science. A scout must earn either one of the pair.